Conus donnae

Short description: Species of sea snail

Conus donnae

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Conidae
Genus:  | Conus
Species:  |

C. donnae

Binomial name
Conus donnae

Petuch, 1998

Synonyms[1]

* Conus (Dauciconus) donnae Petuch, 1998 · accepted, alternate representation
* Purpuriconus donnae (Petuch, 1998)

Conus donnae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 27 mm.

## Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Bahamas.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus donnae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429050 on 2015-09-14

* Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing
* Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23

## External links

* To World Register of Marine Species
* Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
* Gastropods.com: Purpuriconus cardinalis donnae (var.)

Wikidata ☰ Q19795359 entry

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